(NPS) are substances of abuse, either in a pure form or preparation, that are not controlled by the 1961 Single Convention onNarcotic Drugsor the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances [1]. These substances are chemicals produced by altering the molecular structure of previous well-known ...
(2014). The `drug policy ratchet': why do sanctions for new psychoactive drugs typically go up? Addiction, 109(8), 1226-1232.Stevens A., Measham F. The `drug policy ratchet': why do sanctions for new psychoactive drugs typically only go up? Addiction 2014; 109: 1226-32....
Mood Fluctuation and Psychobiological Instability: The Same Core Functions Are Disrupted by Novel Psychoactive Substances and Established Recreational Drugs Many novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have entered the recreational drug scene in recent years, yet the problems they cause are similar to those ...
preparation, that are not controlled by the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs or the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, but which may pose a public health threat.”1 NPS compounds often are designed to avoid traditional drug regulations/scheduling, and many are not necessarily new....
Youth attitudes on drugs. Analytical report. the EU drug market, in the current survey, young people were also asked about their experiences with and attitudes towards new substances that imitate the effects of illicit drugs, so-called new psychoactive substances or "legal highs"... TG Organizati...
These drugs are often produced clandestinely with little or no quality control processes, and there is a wide variation in chemical content among commercial preparations purported to be the same product. Typically, the existence of a new NPS comes to the attention of law enforcement or the ...
“drugs and alcohol.”) While people tend to think that we are alone not only with respect to intelligence, but also with respect to our vices, it turns out this doesn’t seem to be the case. Of course, there’s a lot we don’t know about dolphins that play with blowfish or ...
For if one eats a reasonably well-balanced diet, then the youthful human body typically seems pretty much to take care of itself. The insidious health-risks posed by such half-truths aren't always recognised. For a start, foods are themselves akin in many ways to subtle drugs. The ...
Conversely, KET's primary mechanism of action is as an NMDA antagonist whose receptors are located quite ubiquitously across the cerebral cortex as well as subcor- tically40,41. One could speculate that some of the shared phenomenological and electrophysiological effects of these drugs may be ...
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